Artur Popławski (1860, in Warsaw – 1918, in Warsaw) was a Polish

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to disti ...

master. He started his studies at

Imperial University of Warsaw The University of Warsaw ( pl, Uniwersytet Warszawski, la, Universitas Varsoviensis) is a public university in Warsaw, Poland. Established in 1816, it is the largest institution of higher learning in the country offering 37 different fields of ...

(with a Russian language) in 1879, and moved to

ETH Zurich (colloquially) , former_name = eidgenössische polytechnische Schule , image = ETHZ.JPG , image_size = , established = , type = Public , budget = CHF 1.896 billion (2021) , rector = Günther Dissertori , president = Joël Mesot , ac ...

(''Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich'') in 1884. In 1883/84, he took second place, behind

Józef Żabiński Józef Żabiński (1860 – 27 December 1928) was a Polish chess master and problemist. Born in Warsaw (then in the Russian Empire), he was educated in a high school gymnasium and graduated in law faculty at the Imperial University of Warsaw (' ...

, in the

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City Chess Championship, scoring 19/22. In Switzerland, Poplawski twice shared first place with

Max Pestalozzi Max Pestalozzi (1857 in Zurich – 1925 in Zurich) was a Swiss chess master. Son of Adolf Salomon, banker, and Magdalena Berta Schulthess. He was a mathematician until 1889. From 1889 to 1921 he worked for the Swiss Railways. He was co-founder ...

in the

Swiss Chess Championship The Swiss Chess Championship is held annually during two weeks of July. It is organised by the Swiss Chess Federation (the SSB), which has been a member of the overall governing body, Swiss Olympic, since 2000. The SSB is itself a relatively new org ...

, at

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in 1889 and at

Winterthur , neighboring_municipalities = Brütten, Dinhard, Elsau, Hettlingen, Illnau-Effretikon, Kyburg, Lindau, Neftenbach, Oberembrach, Pfungen, Rickenbach, Schlatt, Seuzach, Wiesendangen, Zell , twintowns = Hall in Tirol (Austria), La ...

in 1890.svizzera
/ref> He returned to Warsaw in the early 1890s and worked as an engineer.

References

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